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roadhammer123 · Dec 14, 2016

DenaliDad said: ↑

Most of out trucks are 10-speed manuals, though there are some autos out there. We only use KW's and Petes. We are mostly drop/hook and 100% no-touch unless you want to--I never did and never will.

Since I'm retired and have health and life insurance through my former employer and Medicare, I don't know anything about the insurance.

I've never had any trouble getting home, but I only go home every 6-8 weeks or so. Like every other company, you get one day home for every week out up to 4 days; you work with your DM, your driver manager, for hometime days and length.

As a self-described "rookie," I'll tell you what I tell everybody. Stick with it for 12 full mo the. It's a very tough industry and you will be confronted with all kinds of unhappy people, everywhere. Drivers, shipping and receiving clerks, even truck stop employees. Don't spend too much time in driver lounges griping about how bad you have it; no matter what they say, we all have it the same. WEL has treated me better than any of the other companies I've worked for and I'm very happy with their equipment and pay.

Hone your skills a bit each day. Learn how the company and industry work. Stay 12 months and you will be much more valuable to other employers. For me, like a salmon swimming upstream back to the place of its birth, I have returned to where I started. I have no plans - or desire - to make another move.

And SLOW DOWN. In everything you do. Moving forward, backing up, making decisions...everything.

And smile. Very few drives do and it shows. But you get to see different parts of the country, different sun rises and sunsets and meet new people each day. Why wouldn't you smile?
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SO SO True great post love it . I always listen when a veteran tells you his career exp.. And I have 9 yrs on the road all 48 . be safe

stokey · Mar 17, 2017

DenaliDad said: ↑

Training for new drivers (those right out of school with no OTR experience) is 4 weeks with a trainer. You won't team until the last week or so, if you even do then. They want you to be trained, not just making the trainer money, but if you're doing well enough, you can get a taste of it.

What happens during training is really between you and your trainer. I would offer this: you're a new driver and a new employee. There is much to learn and the best way to learn is through continuity; if you start taking breaks before your training is done, you will lose that continuity and will likely be assigned another 4-week trainer. It's not worth it, so suck it up and pay attention.

Besides, starting off asking for time off before you've finished training isn't a good way to impress your new employer. After you test out at the end and are assigned a truck, you will be routed home to set your truck up. That will be your first hometime.

All orientation is done at the training building in DePere.
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i live in PA looking to run the east coast regional out of allentown, anyone with info on this

oneshyne · Aug 21, 2018

I only stay with them from January 2015 to June 2016 if you ever heard about the driver that deadheaded 640+ miles from the Ohio Indiana state line back home to Jersey. That was me, I was the talk about soon as I did that. I got fed up waiting to go & told them they don't pay me enough. Screw em

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